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College basketball: Matthew Dellavedova sets Gaels career mark for 3-pointers in Saint Mary's win over Yale

Associated Press

Posted:
12/30/2012 07:33:46 PM PST

Updated:
12/30/2012 09:47:22 PM PST

Matthew Dellavedova scored 24 points and set the school record for 3-pointers in leading Saint Mary's to a 78-62 win over visiting Yale on Sunday.

The senior guard was 4 of 6 from behind the arc, giving him 239 for his career. David Sivulich had the previous mark of 238.

Dellavedova also moved past Diamon Simpson into fourth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,620 points. Daniel Kickert is No. 1 with 1,874 points.

Brad Waldow, Beau Levesque and Jorden Page had 10 points each for the Gaels (10-3), who shot 51.8 percent from the field, while Yale was at 33.8 percent.

"It's a good win," Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett said. "We beat a team that has played a lot on the road, and we got better as the game went on."

Having been more a distributor than a scorer in the past two games, Dellavedova used Sunday's game to again show how effective he can be when called on to do the bulk of the scoring.

"We had to keep them off the offensive boards," Dellavedova said, in explaining how the Gaels pulled away after halftime. "I'm not sure how many they had, but I know they killed us on that. Then, we gave up a few 3s, so if we cut down on that, we felt like we could pull away in the second half."

Greg Kelley led Yale (4-9) with 14 points. Jeremiah Kreisberg (Head-Royce School) had seven points and six rebounds in his Bay Area homecoming.

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